I've been having this argument with my dad.
Tony romo vs Eli manning
I think manning is definitely the better qb but my dad Is sure that romo is better. He's being stupid. Romo has a really good regular season record, but when he's bad, he's extremely bad. When both quarterbacks are having a bad day, romo is much worse. And then when it comes down to crunch time, romo sucks, manning steps up. Romo has a 1-3 playoff record. Manning has a 8-3 playoff record and two superbowls. End of discussion, right? Wrong. My dad just keeps going on about how manning has a better team, which definitely is true this year. But there were years that romo had a really good team too.
Let's took a look at romos playoff record. Of course there's the infamous botched hold on the extra point vs seattle in 2006, that single-handedly lost the game. Then there's 2007 when the cowboys finished with a 13-3 record. The cowboys lost to the giants that year in the playoffs. Manning threw 12/18, 163 yards and 2 touchdowns. Romo went 18/36, 201 yards, one touchdown and one interception. And then in 2008, in what technically was a playoff game against the eagles, whichever team won is the team that got the playoff birth. The cowboys lost 44-6; romo went 21/39, 183 yards, 0 touchdowns and 3 turnovers. In 2009 the cowboys were divisional champs, romo Had a 104.9 passer rating in the first round of the playoffs, the only good playoff performance of his career. But the very next game, the cowboys lose 34-3 to the Vikings and romo has 4 turnovers. And of course the next two years the cowboys wouldn't make the playoffs. Let's not forget to mention romos 7-10 record in December.
When you compare that to the 8-3 playoff record and 2 superbowls wins of Eli manning, I think it's clear who the better quarterback is.
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